Brentford and England striker Ivan Toney has been banned from soccer for eight months and fined 50,000 kilos ($63,000) for 232 breaches of the Football Association’s (FA) betting guidelines, the governing physique stated on Wednesday.
Toney will be unable to play for membership or nation till his suspension ends on Jan. 16, 2024. The 27-year-old has additionally been warned as to his future conduct.
“The Brentford forward was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021,” the FA stated. “The FA subsequently withdrew 30 of these breaches and he admitted to the remaining 232.”
The sanctions have been imposed by an unbiased regulatory fee after a private listening to. Toney can return to coaching for the ultimate 4 months of his suspension ranging from Sept. 17, 2023.
“Brentford FC is currently awaiting the publication of the written reasons of the independent Regulatory Commission. We will review them before considering our next steps,” the Premier League membership stated.
(More particulars awaited)